Italian skater Arianna Fontana reaches 14 Olympic medals, four shy of the woman with the most Olympic medals
South Korea won the women's short-track speed skating relay at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Wednesday, ahead of Italy, which secured a silver medal that represents the fourteenth Olympic medal for the legendary Arianna Fontana...
TL;DR
- South Korea won the women's short-track speed skating relay at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
- Italy secured the silver medal in the event.
- Arianna Fontana's silver medal is her fourteenth Olympic medal, making her Italy's most decorated Olympian.
- Fontana has won three golds, six silvers, and five bronzes across six Olympic Games.
- Fontana is now tied with Ole Einar Bjorndalen for the second-most winter Olympic medals.
- The record for most winter Olympic medals is held by Marit Bjorgen with fifteen.
- Fontana's fourteen medals also place her among women with the most Olympic medals overall, behind Larisa Latunina (18) and Katie Ledecky (14).
- This is Fontana's third medal in the current Winter Olympics.
- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was present and congratulated the team.